Understanding their world

 

What is happening 

Why is it happening

 

 What

• Their behaviour change: They are becoming their own person

• They pull away from family and spending more time with their friends

• They  start to spend more time alone behind closed doors and choose to isolate themselves

• They have mood swings: They will often not understand their outbursts

• They become secretive: They will deliberately hide things from their parents

• Their attitudes change: They seek individuality and identity that will create

       conflict

 

Why

• It is a natural, developmental process

• They are seeking Identity

• They are seeking individuality

• They transition from being a child to being an adult

• The dynamics of their brain changes: It is a neurological process